Jun 18, 2015 | Distillery News Stories, Downtown New Haven
Our new 320 gallon pot still has arrived! When it’s up and running, this behemoth will give us the capability to distill up to 30 gallons of whiskey in a single run.
It’s the exact twin of our 60-gallon still, but without the fractioning column. It will be used as a first-pass stripper still, and finishing will continue be done on the small still located in our tasting room.
Major modifications are being made on the building across the street, to accommodate this device’s 15 foot high condenser.
Future plans include a bottling line and labeling machine. Next year when the new tasting room is completed, it will include viewing windows across the length of the back wall.
Our gift, schwag and spirits shop is now open, and new merchandise is arriving every week. This expansion doubles the space available to accommodate visitors. Come on by and take a look. We’re open every day from noon until 6:00pm.
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Jun 17, 2015 | Distillery News Stories, New Products
Our new Cask Finished Gin, proudly adorned with a gold medal awarded at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, is now available. Thanks to the complexities of state and federal labeling requirements, we were able to enter this unique gin in competition before it was released.
Pioneered by the Dutch 400 years ago, gin was transported in wooden barrels until the early 19th century. Crossing the English Channel from distillers in Holland to markets in London, gin could spend several months in contact with wood, where it picked up both color and flavor. Today, this old ‘cask finish’ style of gin has become new again.
The basis of this expression is Pinckney Bend’s award winning American Gin, which is smooth on the pallet, with bright juniper and well-balanced citrus notes. It is then finished in charred, second use Missouri white oak barrels, which introduces a layer of complex wood flavors, a subtle vanilla-infused sweetness and the spice of young whiskey.
Cask Finished Gin should begin working its way into retail channels by mid-July. If you don’t see it on your favorite retailers shelves, ask them to get it for you.
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May 6, 2015 | Distillery News Stories
We are very excited about the upcoming Morton’s Grille Dinner. You can enjoy signature Morton’s Grille cuisine that is perfectly paired with select Pinckney Bend spirit cocktails.
You can download a printable version of the menu card here:
Morton’s Menu
Mar 5, 2015 | Distillery News Stories
Port Cask Whiskey
When selected barrels of our Rested American Whiskey have completed their time in Missouri White Oak, we transfer the spirit to a 60-gallon Radoux French Oak wine barrel in which Stone Hill Winery’s award winning 2011 Port was aged.
The barrel’s history and provenance are key to this whiskey’s flavor profile. Stone Hill’s Port is aged for one year in barrels that came out of the winery’s Norton aging program. Norton is generally recognized as Missouri’s finest red varietal wine grape, and Stone Hill’s Norton has been winning gold medals for decades. Barrels are only used for three vintages.
The freshly emptied port barrels are immediately filled with Pinckney Bend’s Double Gold winning Rested American Whiskey at 120 proof and placed in a temperature controlled barrel room. Over time the whiskey begins to take on some of the distinctive blackberry and cassis notes of the wine, and the color takes on a reddish hue. Oxidation also occurs, which is equally important to flavor development.
Released at 100 proof, this is American whiskey made from corn, and cask-finished in a time-honored Scottish style that reaches back to the very roots of whiskey’s history.
As with all our small batch Cask Series Whiskies, quantities are limited, and it is only available at the distillery.
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